Combined lamp and stand.



H. P. BALL.

COMBINED LAMP AND STAND. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-22. I914. RENEWED JUNE30. 1915.

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Patented Aug.

W'E'tnssev HENRY PRICE IBALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR '10 S.STERNAU & COMPANY,

A COPARTNERSHIP COMPOSED 0F SIGMUND STERNAU AND LIONEL STRASSBURGER,

or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

comnmnn LAMP AND s'rANn.

Specification of Letters Patent. Paffitd u 1, 19

Application filed September 22 1914, Serial No. 862,852. Renewed June3i), 1915. Serial No. 37,393.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PRICE BALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Lamp andStand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a collapsible stand and a lamp supported therebyand has for its objects to produce a device whereby First, the lamp willbe prevented from turning in the stand;

Second, the stand will be prevented from being collapsed when the lampis in position; and

'Third, the lamp will always be properly seated in the stand.

These and further objects will more fully appear in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings considered together orseparately.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a stand with a lamp in position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of a lamp with a portion of the stand insection; and

Fig. a is a section on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2.

In all of the views,-like parts are designated by the same referencecharacters.

The stand is Very similar to the stand illustrated in patent of CharlesNelson, No. 1,096,185,,g'ranted May 12, 1914 so far as is herein pointedout. It comprises a base 1 and legs 2, 3 and 4:. The base is preferablyof fiat metal and the legs are preferably of wire bent to shape. Iprefer to employ three legs as shown, but the number may be increased ifdesired. The leg 2 is preferably rigidly secured to the base by rivets,as shown. The legs 3 and 4 are each pivotally secured to the base by apin or rivet, as shown. The legs 3 and 4: are so situated relatively tothe leg 2 that they may be turned so as to lie substantially parallelthereto so that the stand will occupy a minimum of space when not inuse. The

legs extend outwardly and downwardly from the base to form feet. Thelegs are then bent upwardly and inwardly, as at 5, so as to encompassthe lamp when in oper'ative position. The portions 5 of the legs reachtheir greatest inward projection at a pomt approximately midway the topand bottom of the lamp. The legs are then bent outwardly and upwardlyand then horizontally in an inward direction, as at 6, to form a supportfor the culinary vessel or other device which is to be held above theflame ;of the lamp. So much of the device 1s ldentical with thatdescribed in Patent 1,096,185. The novel feature of the stand 1s asfollows: At about the point of greatest inward projection, at 5, eachleg is provlded with an inwardly projecting ledge 5 Each ledge may beconveniently made, as shown, 6. g. by pinching in the wire to form theledge. Each ledge has a horizontal upper surface, and extends inwardtoward the center of the stand a sufficient distance to prevent thedescent of the lamp, unless the flutes, to be hereinafter described, arein alinement therewith.

The lamp comprises a vessel 7 which is adapted to contain a solid fuel.The said vessel is of transverse dimensions small enough to allow it tobe passed axially between the projecting ends 6 of the stand, whenextended, but of too great transverse dimensions to pass between theinwardly curved intermediate portions 5 of the legs or the ledges 5 Thelamp is preferably of general cylindrical shape. It has portions of itssurface of less distance from its center than other portions of itssurface. One way of making these portions of less distance may be.accomplished by providing the side walls with a plurality of flutes orgrooves 8. These preferably extend from the bottom upward to a pointabove the greatest inward projection of the portions 5 of the legs. Theflutes are equal in number to the legs and arranged the samecircumferential distance apart as are the legs. The depth of the flutesis such as to permit the lamp to be passed axially between the portions5 of the legs when the flutes are in position coincident to the legs.

The flutes preferably do not extend to the top of the lamp as it isdesirable, from a manufacturing point of view, to preserve thecylindrical shape of the upper part of the lamp, as shown. This shapealso permits the use of a friction closure, as shown in the drawings.-

The frictional engagement of the bases of the flutes with the portions 5of the legs will be sufficient to retain the lamp in place even when theposition of the stand is reversed.

When the lamp is in position resting on the base 1 with the portions 5of the arms '2, 3' and 4 resting against the bottoms of the flutes orgrooves, the lamp wlll be securely held in position, and it cannot turnin the stand. Each of the legs 3 and 4 is pivoted to turn on a centerwhich is to one side of the center of the lamp, hence the arms will turnthrough a circle with a radius, which is a distance less than half ofthe transverse dimension of the lamp, therefore, the arms 2 and 3 willbe securely held against turnin on their pivots.

The ledges 5 orm abrupt abutments against which the lower edge of thelamp will engage if the latter is improperly inserted in the stand.These abrupt abutments will resist downward pressure, hence forceapplied downward will not spread the legs apart and thus allow the lampto be seated. The operator must first turn the lamp to bring the flutesin alinement with the legs before the lamp will be seated. The height ofthe lamp is such that when engaged by the ledges 5*, its upper surfacewill be above the level of the pro ecting ends 6 of the stand.Therefore, if a careless or unintelligent user should only partly seatthe lamp, and allow it to rest on the ledges, a utensil resting on thestand would extinguish the flame and thus prevent accident. While I haveillustrated a plurality of flutes on the side of the lamp, it is to beunderstood that a single flute of suflicient depth may be employed.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I havedescribed the principle of my invention, together with the apparatuswhich I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but Idesire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merelyillustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other ways.

It will be observed that the grooves in the body of the lamp not onlserve to prevent the collapsing of the stan but also by their engagementwith the inwardly pro ecting portions of the legs of the stand producesparts.

stand is prevented from collapsing by the engagement of the legs withsuch contracted 2. A lamp having a vertical groove in its exteriorsurface, combination "with a stand having members engaging the exteriorof the lamp and extending above the lamp and having inwardly projectingportions adapted to engage the bottom of the lamp when placed in saidstand, and permitting the lamp to be operatively positioned in the standonly when a projecting portion of a member of the stand is in alinementwith the groove.

3. A lamp of cylindrical shape having a plurality of vertical grooves inits exterior surface, in combination with a stand having membersextending above the lamp and provided with inwardly projecting portionsso separated that there is a separating space less than the greatestdiameter of the lamp and of greater diameter than the diameter of thelamp at the bases of the grooves, whereby when the lamp and stand areassembled said portions will engage with the bottom of the lamp andprevent proper positioning of the lamp until the grooves and inwardlyprojecting portions are brought into alinement.

4. A lamp of cylindrical shape having a plurality of vertical groovesequally spaced in its exterior surface, in combinatlon with a standhaving members extending above the lamp and'provided with inwardlyprojecting portions so separated that there is a separating space lessthan, the greatest diameter of the lamp and of greater diameter than thediameter of the lamp at the bases of the grooves, the number of memberscorresponding to the number of grooves, whereby when the lamp and standare assembled said portions will engage the bottom of the lamp andprevent proper positioning of the lamp until the grooves and inwardlyprojecting portions are brought into alinement.

5. A lamp, having a groove or flute on its side, in combination with astand, having members engagi the side of the lamp, and a ledge on a memer, adapted to engage with the bottom of the lamp, unless in alinementwith the groove.

6. A lamp of cylindrical shape, with a plurality of flutes on its side,in combinathe flutes are in alinement with the memtion with a standhaving members so sepabers. 10 rated that there is a separating space ofThis specification signed and witnessed less diameter than the greatestdiameter of this 19 day of Stfit 1914.

5 the lamp, and of greater diameter than the ENRY PRICE BALL.

diameter of the lamp at the bases of the Witnesses: flutes, said membershaving ledges which will S. J. BECKER, engage with the bottom of thelamp, unless G. L.

